Definition of Bold

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Definition of Bold

Bold

Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.

Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.

In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.

Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold.

Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.

Steep; abrupt; prominent.

To make bold or daring.

To be or become bold.

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Bold Quotations

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.
Thomas Jefferson

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.
Helen Keller

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
William Shakespeare

Freedom lies in being bold.
Robert Frost

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.
Edgar Allan Poe

He was a bold man that first eat on oyster.
Jonathan Swift

Fortune befriends the bold.
Emily Dickinson

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
Voltaire

Prolonged endurance tames the bold.
Lord Byron

How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
William Wordsworth

Bold Translations

bold in Danish is tyk
bold in Dutch is gedurfd, stout, stoutmoedig, brutaal
bold in Finnish is paksu
bold in Italian is grassello
bold in Latin is audax
bold in Norwegian is tykk
bold in Portuguese is gordo, bold(realce)
bold in Spanish is audaz, engrase, grueso

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